In the fridge or not in the fridge?

[PointsSouth]

Here is a list of things about which OH and disagree as to whether they should be kept in the fridge. Ours is an Anglo-American relationship, but I don't think all these differences of opinion are down to that....

Eggs
Ketchup and HP
Mayo - not fresh made. PseudoHellmans
Grapes and other casual pick-one-up fruit
Onions
*White wine you don't plan to drink soon
Opened jam and marmalade
Tomatoes
Butter in winter
Pickles and capers in jars
Easy garlic and tomato puree in tubes

*Possible red herring, as we never have white wine that we're not planning to drink soon,

No fridge for onions and tomato puree.

Everything else goes in fridge.

Condiments and jarred stuff (pickles etc) on fridge once open.

Butter always in fridge. I don't like butter dishes 😒

Don't drink anymore and only ever used to drink red wine but for guests it would go in the fridge night before or as long as possible before guests arrive.

The onions would be in the pantry, along with unopened easy garlic and tomato paste - to be shifted over to the fridge with everything else on your list once they'd been opened.

Sometimes I side eye the eggs and think that they should be stored at room temperature but there's just more space in the fridge.

Eggs…in the fridge USA, out of fridge UK
Ketchup and HP…fridge after opening
Mayo - not fresh made. PseudoHellmans…fridge after opening
Grapes and other casual pick-one-up fruit…on counter
Onions…veg rack
*White wine you don't plan to drink soon…out of fridge
Opened jam and marmalade…fridge
Tomatoes…counter
Butter in winter…fridge
Pickles and capers in jars…fridge after opening
Easy garlic and tomato puree in tubes…fridge shelf because it’s easier to find them.

Eggs not in fridge (pantry)
Ketchup and HP Not
Mayo - not fresh made. PseudoHellmans fridge

Grapes and other casual pick-one-up fruit fridge
Onions not, illness half an onion in clingfilm.
*White wine you don't plan to drink soon - um. What??
Opened jam and marmalade fridge.
Tomatoes fridge
Butter in winter - actual butter in butter dish. Spreadable- fridge
Pickles and capers in jars. Not
Easy garlic and tomato puree in tubes fridge.

Eggs: cupboard
Ketchup and HP: cupboard- don’t like cold condiments
Mayo:cupboard
Grapes:fridge
Onions: cupboard
*White wine-dont drink wine but fridge if i did
Opened jam and marmalade:fridge
Tomatoes:fridge
Butter in winter: fridge-all the time
Pickles and capers :fridge
Easy garlic and tomato puree in tubes:fridge

All in the fridge. Jars when open.
Some wine in fridge but some in cupboard.

Pass the smelling salts: you put eggs in your bread?
Real bread is made with flour, yeast (or sourdough starter), water and salt (and half a teaspoon of sugar if you need to feed the yeast). Nothing else!
Adding eggs to the mix makes brioche.

Eggs definitely not in the fridge - if you’re baking you need them to be room temperature. The fact fridges have holders doesn’t mean they need to go in there in the UK

Butter only goes in the fridge here if it’s hot
Condiments - jams etc yes in the fridge. Partly for space reasons and partly because modern jams seem to go mouldy quite quickly now

Onions - no. Live with the potatoes

Grapes - no. Live with the other fruit

If you don’t like things cold you can get them out for a bit before you eat/use them but they last longer in the fridge.

Everything in fridge except eggs

That made me laugh 😂 yes I put 1 egg in my bread mix! It's an American recipe so it is probably sweeter than standard but it's definitely not brioche. It's incredibly popular and always works - so I don't mess with the recipe 😁.

same - but tomatoes do not go in the fridge either.

The thought of a cold grape straight from the fridge sets my teeth on edge!
Also don’t put eggs in, but aside from those two, I’d put all the others in.

Curious about the butter in winter, does it just stay on the counter top or something instead of the fridge?

I keep open jam in the fridge because when I tried keeping it on a shelf to save fridge space, it went mouldy. Maybe I was taking too long to eat it though as it was just me at that point

Has the word "fridge" lost all meaning to anyone else now they have read it so many times?! 😂

Fridge kills all flavour in tomatoes almost instantly

I should clarify that all salted and unsalted butter lives in the fridge. It’s only the butter I use for toast etc that lives in a butter dish on the side once in use. I have an older house so it doesn’t need to go in the fridge apart from particularly hot days ( and real butter is a pain straight out the fridge)

Where I keep them:

Eggs - fridge (but you don't have to)
Ketchup and HP - not fridge
Mayo - fridge
Grapes - fridge but bigger fruit not fridge
Onions - not fridge
*White wine you don't plan to drink soon - fridge if room, not if not
Opened jam and marmalade - fridge
Tomatoes - not fridge (husband says you aren't supposed to otherwise i probably would)
Butter in winter - not fridge
Pickles and capers in jars - bin!
Easy garlic and tomato puree in tubes - not used easy garlic but I don't keep tomato puree in fridge

I put all of them in fridge except for eggs or unopened sauces

Egg is a straight forward scientific one.

British eggs bench & American eggs fridge.

British eggs (The Lion Standard) are vaccinated and thus are NOT membrane stripped, the membrane protects them at room temperature. However as they are not stripped dried fecal particle can be present in the membrane pores, which when mixed with condensation (as occurs in a fridge) introduces a moist breeding ground and small contaminant risk when cracking.

American eggs are not vaccinate so are stripped of their membrane in a washing process however this is removing the protective layer that would keep the egg fresh and increase the risk of spoiling or new bacteria entering the egg through the now non protected pores. To increase shelf life and decrease bacteria they should be stored in a fridge.

I'm personally a butter on the bench person, it drives people mad. Butter was invented, common and long lasting long before fridges even existed so its fine to live on the bench.

Things designed as preserves where suppose to last and not need to be kept or consumed 'fresh'.

Eggs - fridge
Ketchup and HP - fridge but don't have strong feelings about it!
Mayo - not fresh made. PseudoHellmans - fridge because of the egg
Grapes and other casual pick-one-up fruit - mostly fridge but bananas and anything that needs ripening out of fridge
Onions - counter
*White wine you don't plan to drink soon - only in fridge a few hours before drinking
Opened jam and marmalade - fridge
Tomatoes - counter
Butter in winter - counter
Pickles and capers in jars - either
Easy garlic and tomato puree in tubes - fridge once opened

Eggs I keep in fridge for convenience but I know that this is 'wrong'. I don't bake anyway though.

Butter I keep on the counter, which I feel is also 'wrong' but do it so its spreadable.

Everything else in fridge for me...apart from onions. It would never have occurred to me to put an onion in the fridge. I thought they were supposed to live in the dark with the potatoes (although it's only just occurred to me that the fridge light is only on when the door is open!)

Eggs - not in fridge
Ketchup and HP- fridge once opened
Mayo - fridge ice opened
Grapes and other casual pick-one-up fruit- nicer in fridge and stay fresher
Onions - I keep in fridge drawer
*White wine you don't plan to drink soon - fridge- best to be prepared... tough never know when emergency wine is required!!
Opened jam and marmalade - fridge, label even tells you
Tomatoes - definitely not in fridge, however then I eat them all in one go like a bowl of sweets
Butter in winter - butter dish not in fridge
Pickles and capers in jars - usually in fridge
Easy garlic and tomato puree in tubes - fridge

The only thing on your list we don't keep in the fridge is eggs.

If we have white wine, we're planning on drinking it soon!

We disagree massively on only one thing where to refrigerate or not is concerned: chocolate! I put mine in the fridge, he puts his in the cupboard!